Subj : Re: Linux Mint 20.1 issue
To   : Mark Seifert
From : Richard Falken
Date : Sun Feb 07 2021 19:57:06

  Re: Re: Linux Mint 20.1 issue
  By: Mark Seifert to Richard Falken on Sun Feb 07 2021 07:40 pm

 > I know that most linux distros are pretty much the same, with the major
 > differences being the desktop (kde, gnome, xfce, mate, cinnamon, etc.. and t
 > applications included.  Not to mention any special instuctions in the Kernal
 > But all in all I want an OS that's free, won't crash all the time, is easy t
 > update and won't force me to get OS specific software (for example going fro
 > Windows to Linux)

Those are very generic needs.

"Easy to update" discards Slackware, which is what I would usually recommend.
It is not that it is "hard" to update but it is a bit more involved than
apt-get upgrade.

My next suggestion would be Debian or Devuan. There were some stats in the
latter Linux Magazine issue from which I draw the conclussion that the Debian
ecosystem is becoming the default in Desktops.

If you need something more modern MX Linux is workable. I have an install
around which I use for testing random stuff. I personally don't think that
"easy to use" Debian derivatives have such a big of an edge compared to their
daddy, at least nowadays, but I can see MX working for people familiar with
Mints and *buntus.

Just my two cents. In the end of the day people sticks with what feels better
for them.

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